By Sarah Kellapatha who blogs at http://turquoisecupcakes.wordpress.com/ I remember when I was about ten years old and living in Dhaka, a Sri Lankan family moved there. They had two daughters and we would often get together for play dates with children of other family friends. The family seemed normal, the wife was meek but we didn’t see anything wrong there. Never ...
Highlights the importance of the rehabilitation process for an incest survivor – From Women’s Development Centre, Kandy Presented at the Symposium on the “Successes, Gaps and Challenges of Addressing Domestic Violence in Sri Lanka” organized by the Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs and the Forum against Gender-based Violence, on 25th November 2011.
By Thushara Dassanayake – Karunadhara Father, have you ever felt mute? Like the mute man whose dreams go unvoiced. Like the daughter whose tears leave no trace on your ground. Like the wife whose anguished pleas makes no sound. Husband, have you ever felt afraid? Of the one who holds your beating heart. Because he has appointment to make it. And ...
By the Centre for Poverty Analysis (http://www.cepa.lk/) You can follow CEPA on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centre-for-Poverty-Analysis/167570466633589 and on twitter at https://twitter.com/cepaSL Gender-based violence is a violation of human rights, and yet is a well known and frequently occurring problem in Sri Lanka. While GBV is considered almost synonymous with domestic violence, community, workplace, school, places of worship and public transport, among others, are all ...
Original post at http://lady-grouchalot.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-belated-womens-day.html Happy belated women’s day! The World women’s day whizzed past us with many a vivid fb status updates, pizza offers, girls nights out and what not. The buy one get one free pizza offer for women’s day was the one that amused me the most. However, hats off to Pizza Hut for at least caring enough that ...
This is Deecee’s contribution to the 16 Days online campaign. She blogs at http://colomborantings.blogspot.com and tweets at https://twitter.com/DEEisaliveee Original post can be found at http://colomborantings.blogspot.com/2011/11/16days-sl16days-vaw-takebackthetech.html She is in her best dress, a pale pink ribbon tied across her waist. Little pink clips are in her hair and she sways to the baila music being played at the wedding. One hand is tightly clasped onto ...
By Jerry who blogs at http://thejester100.wordpress.com and tweets at https://twitter.com/thejester100 Original post from http://thejester100.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/gender-based-violence/ Thank you Jerry for your contribution. Yes, this is an honest-to-God post about gender based violence. On this blog. What is the world coming to. So, The WMC is having a 16 days of activism thing -> http://srilanka16days.wordpress.com/ which hopes to inform people about gender based violence and things. I ...
Photo: http://www.stepfordwives.org If you ever watched a film named “Stepford Wives” (1975 ) you will remember the plot involved the dream of certain men to have the perfect wife, submissive, totally dedicated to a life involving looking after their rich houses and attending social events. It’s a society only for the privileged ones, where the protagonist, a talented professional woman, ...
Beyond Borders is a voluntary, youth-led, youth-run initiative active in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and (formerly) in Pakistan & the UK. Based on the working themes of Identity, Diversity and Active Global Citizenship, Beyond Borders provides a space for young people to actively express themselves and take action on development issues affecting them. Currently the group is working on issues ...
Original Post at http://groundviews.org/2012/01/26/hey-man/ Photo from http://www.reuters.com/ Hey, MAN! Yup you. Got a minute? Because I would like to talk to you. Yup, to you. Because you whistled out a love song in my honour from your guard-post on Bauddhaloka Mawatha as I was hopping out of a tuk-tuk to get into work this morning. You were on duty. You and ...
Originally from http://groundviews.org/2012/03/16/sexist-doctors-speak-up-talk-about-it/ From http://www.womensviewsonnews.org The lady in front of me in the queue put a packet of condoms on the counter and we both could see the cashier’s eyes flicker over her left hand, obviously checking if she was married. Not seeing one, he looked at her and smirked. I watched her look at him straight in the eye and ...
Join us TODAY, Sunday the 25th of November 2012, at the Galle Face Green from 3pm to 7pm, to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. And walk with us before that, at Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the first male led walk ...
Text and Photos by DushiYanthini Kanagasabapathipillai who blogs at http://www.passionparade.blogspot.com and is the first Sri Lankan woman blogger to be selected and awarded scholarship for the BlogHer conference in New York. Original post at http://www.passionparade.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-peace-in-home-to-peace-in-world.html “Men of Quality are NOT afraid of Equality” ~SANGAT, Indian Feminist Organisation (1998 ~ ) An international campaign of Activism Against Gender Violence is currently
Originally from http://no-to-polsambol.blogspot.com/2012/07/stitch-in-time-prevents-child-abuse.html A Stitch in Time Prevents Child Abuse Or so it seems. This morning when I got online, a work mate sent me the link to a fb post that went something like this “Chairman of SLBC, Hudson Samarasinghe’s solution to the rise in child abuse. ”It was revealed that the girl in the incident in Kirullopone had a sambandathawaya (relationship) for ...
We conclude this year’s 16 Days campaign with this rousing song performed by Shanthi and Selvy Sachithanandam. Please circulate widely. To find out more about OBR Sri Lanka, follow https://www.facebook.com/OneBillionRisingSriLanka as we gear up for February 2013.
The incident at the Ratnapura Bus Stand where an alleged sex worker named Batti was beaten by an police officer a few months ago is one that created headlines in Sri Lankan media. The officer was discharged from duty, but a protest was organized condemning the removal. At the protest, a mother was quoted saying; ““I have two sons. How ...
The Campaign Shear Madness will involve volunteers, both male and female, who will shave their heads to raise money for Sri Lanka’s marginalized and vulnerable women and girls. The launch of the campaign will take place at the Barefoot Café on 10th December, World Human Rights Day at 5pm. It will include literary readings on violence and abuse as ...
Only Until the Rice is Cooked? The Domestic Violence Act, Familial Ideology and Cultural Narratives in Sri Lanka, Working Paper No. 1 by Chulani Kodikara This paper maps contemporary discourses on domestic violence in Sri Lanka, especially in connection with the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (PDVA). The negotiation of the PDVA was a site of struggle where differing discourses ...
